| And Then the Sky Exploded Contributor(s): Poulsen, David A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1459736370 ISBN-13: 9781459736375 Publisher: Dundurn Press OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 840 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 8" (0.30 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2018 Red Maple Award -- Shortlisted - High Plains Book Award -- Shortlisted, Young Adult category When Christian learns his great-grandfather helped build the A-bombs dropped on Japan, he wants to make amends ... somehow. While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a member of the Manhattan Project, the team that designed and created the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War. On a school trip to Japan, Chris meets eighty-one-year-old Yuko, who was eleven when the first bomb exploded over Hiroshima, horribly injuring her. Christian is determined to do something to make up for what his great-grandfather did. But after all this time, what can one teenager really do? His friends tell him it's a stupid idea, that there's nothing he can do. And maybe they're right. But maybe, just maybe ... they're wrong. |
Contributor Bio(s): Poulsen, David A.: - David A. Poulsen has been a broadcaster, teacher, football coach, and -- most of all -- a writer. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including the first three books in the Cullen and Cobb Mystery series. He lives on a ranch in the Alberta foothills near Calgary. |